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SUMMARY:AI\, inclusion and Wellbeing Champion Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive Business in the Community Wellbeing and Inclusion Champion Forum on AI.\n\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams.\n\n\n\n\n\nAudience\nThis event is invite-only and is open to Business in the Community Wellbeing Champions. \n\n\nBackground\nAs artificial intelligence becomes a growing priority for many businesses\, this session offers an opportunity to explore cutting-edge thinking and research on its implications for employees with disabilities. \nRegardless of your organisation’s maturity or current use of AI technologies\, research has estimated 92 million jobs are projected to be displaced by 2030. \nDisabled employees already experience disproportionate marginalisation and barriers to accessing good work\, an inequity at risk of rising without responsible AI adoption. \nAbout the event\nAn exclusive BITC Wellbeing and Inclusion Champion Forum on AI With Dr. Daniel Wheatley\, Director of the Work Inclusivity Research Centre\, University of Birmingham. \nBITC’s Director for Inclusion and Wellbeing\, Kirstene Hair will host this event that will: \n\nProvide an update on BITC’s Wellbeing and Inclusion Campaigns\nInvite Daniel Wheatley to share his expertise and research from the AI-EMPOWERED project\nFacilitate a Q&A discussion amongst champion members and expert speakers to share where we all are with AI\, what we need help with in order to pool expertise and support each other\nWrap up with best practice and learning on how we can better to support people in the AI era\n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Annette Ettarh\, Event Manager\, BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/ai-inclusion-and-wellbeing-champion-forum/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:CEO Breakfast – December
DESCRIPTION:This event provides the opportunity to share your experiences\, successes and ideas regarding the key challenges facing the world and society. \n\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \n\n\n\nAudience\n\n\n\nThis event is by invitation only and for senior leaders.  \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nAs part of Business in the Community’s work in supporting businesses to drive transformation at pace and scale in our communities\, we are holding a series of Senior Leaders Breakfast events. \n\n\n\nAbout the event\n\n\n\nThese informal\, private discussions over breakfast will form a key part of the national conversation initiated by BITC’s State of the Nation 2025 report\, which detailed the thoughts of the leaders of some of the UK’s largest businesses on what has been done and what is still needed to change the world around us. As such\, they provide CEOs with the opportunity to share their experiences\, successes and ideas regarding key challenges in the world and society today\, as well as the action that can collectively be taken to make a positive difference and change the world around us. \n\n\n\nIf you are unable to join this date we are also holding more breakfasts in the coming months\, to join another date instead\, click here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRefreshments\n\n\n\nBreakfast will be served. \n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\n\n\n\nContact Fiona Macleod\, Head of Events at BITC for any further questions.\n\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\n\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/ceo-leadership-forum-breakfast-6/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Business Action Forum,Responsible Business and Strategy
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SUMMARY:Business in the Community's Job Coaching Training
DESCRIPTION:Mandatory training session for employees of BITC member organisations\, volunteering on the Job Coaching programme.\n\n\nBusiness in the Community’s Job Coaching programme\nBusiness in the Community’s (BITC) job coaching programme aims to engage businesses across the UK to support jobseekers through a series of coaching sessions. \nOur ambition is to help build an inclusive workforce by supporting people who face barriers to employment across the UK. \n\n\nHow does it work?\nBITC comprehensively trains employee volunteers as coaches\, providing them with all the necessary tools and resources. \n\nCoaches are then matched with jobseekers to provide one-to-one support.\nCoaches and jobseekers meet virtually for up to six\, 60 minute sessions\, usually 2-3 weeks apart.\n\n\n\nCoaches and jobseekers benefit\nCoaches help improve the skills\, confidence and employment opportunities for the jobseeker while also enhancing their own skills and wellbeing. \n\n\nFacilitated training workshop\nIn preparation for your role as coach and before we match you with a jobseeker\, you will need to complete our three-hour online facilitated training workshop. Guidance and support are provided throughout the programme. \n\n\nOutline of the event\nOur training virtual sessions are designed to be interactive and engaging and are led by an experienced trainer. Please make sure you can access Teams for this session. \n“Great content\, good pace\, enthusiastic delivery\, good mix of content\, clear explanations and answered all our questions.” \nThe training will cover the following; \n\nStructure and content of the job coaching programme.\nUnderstanding jobseeker’s circumstances and the barriers they face.\nSafeguarding.\nCoaching tools including; active listening\, giving feedback\, the GROW model and more.\n\nPlease note: you need to attend the full three hours. Please don’t book a training if you are not able to attend the whole session. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to the training and supporting you soon. \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact coaching@bitc.org.uk if you have any questions about the Job Coaching programme or the training session itself.\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\nFind out more about BITC’s Job Coaching programme.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/business-in-the-communitys-job-coaching-training-dec2025/
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum:  Ensuring your social impact remains inclusive
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss how to build on your current social impact interventions to ensure they are as inclusive and impactful as possible.\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams \nAudience\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) members\, as well as non-members who have an advisory package with us. Hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \n\n\nAbout the event\nBy 2030\, a quarter of the UK’s workforce will come from ethnically diverse backgrounds (UK Census 2021) and 48% of ethnically diverse young people experience discrimination when seeking work (Youth Futures Discrimination and Work Report\, 2024). They don’t just face discrimination at work of course\, with rising anti-immigrant sentiment and racism in the UK\, its more important than ever to make sure that social impact interventions are reaching the hardest to reach communities and are co-designed with these communities in mind to make substantive\, long term change. Join us at this peer learning forum to discuss with other BITC member companies how to build on your current social impact interventions\, to ensure they are as inclusive as possible and are creating the impact you seek to achieve. \nSpeakers include: \n\nKate Carr\, Senior Manager\, Employer Engagement & Partnerships\, Youth Futures Foundation\n\n\n\nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Jessica.hart@bitc.org.uk \, Event Coordinator\, BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-ensuring-your-social-impact-remains-inclusive/
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